Monitor LSI MegaRAID under CentOS

Not very user friendly with documentation but I guess at least it runs!

<br /> $ wget http://www.lsi.com/DistributionSystem/AssetDocument/support/downloads/megaraid/miscellaneous/linux/1.01.39_Linux_Cli.zip</p> <p>$ unzip 1.01.39_Linux_Cli.zip</p> <p>$ rpm -Uvh MegaCli-1.01.39-0.i386.rpm</p> <p>$ /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpAllInfo -a0<br />

Basic Monitor Script

<br /> #!/bin/sh<br /> CONT=”a0″<br /> STATUS=0<br /> MEGACLI=/opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64</p> <p>echo -n “Checking RAID status on ”<br /> hostname<br /> for a in $CONT<br /> do</p> <p>NAME=`$MEGACLI -AdpAllInfo -$a |grep “Product Name” | cut -d: -f2`<br /> echo “Controller $a: $NAME”<br /> noonline=`$MEGACLI PDList -$a | grep Online | wc -l`<br /> echo “No of Physical disks online : $noonline”<br /> DEGRADED=`$MEGACLI -AdpAllInfo -a0 |grep “Degrade”`<br /> echo $DEGRADED<br /> NUM_DEGRADED=`echo $DEGRADED |cut -d” ” -f3`<br /> [ “$NUM_DEGRADED” -ne 0 ] && STATUS=1<br /> FAILED=`$MEGACLI -AdpAllInfo -a0 |grep “Failed Disks”`<br /> echo $FAILED<br /> NUM_FAILED=`echo $FAILED |cut -d” ” -f4`<br /> [ “$NUM_FAILED” -ne 0 ] && STATUS=1</p> <p>done</p> <p>exit $STATUS<br />

Sample Output

Checking RAID status on xxx
Controller a0:  MegaRAID SAS 8344ELP
No of Physical disks online : 4
Degraded : 0
Failed Disks : 0

Upgrade Firmware

To determine the current firmware, run “MegaCli -AdpAllInfo -a0”

Product Name    : MegaRAID SAS 8344ELP
Serial No       : P00253390X
FW Package Build: 7.0.1-0064

                    Mfg. Data
                ================
Mfg. Date       : 09/27/06
Rework Date : 00/00/00
Revision No     : 8

                Image Versions In Flash:
                ================
Boot Block Version : R.2.3.15
BIOS Version       : MT33
MPT Version        : MPTFW-01.18.79.00-IT
FW Version         : 1.12.220-0560
WebBIOS Version    : 1.1-33g-e_11-Rel
Ctrl-R Version     : 1.04-019A

Check the LSi website for the current downloads, in this case:

http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/internal_raid/megaraid_sas/megaraid_sas_8344elp/index.html

- Download the firmware, unzip
- Run "MegaCli -adpfwflash -f SAS1068_FW_Image.rom -a0"